Mercedes M-Class W163

since 1997 release

Repair and operation of the car


Mercedes W163
+ Mercedes-Benz cars of a class M (W163)
+ Governing bodies and methods of safe operation
+ Current leaving and service
+ Engine
+ Cooling systems, heating and air conditioner
+ A power supply system and production of the fulfilled gases
+ Systems of electric equipment of the engine
+ Manual box of gear shifting
+ Automatic transmission
+ Transmission line
+ Brake and auxiliary systems
- Suspension bracket and steering
   + Forward suspension bracket
   + Back suspension bracket
   - Steering
      Filling and "pumping" of the steering pump
      Check of a pressure of the steering pump
      Replacement of a collar of fastening of a hose of a path of cooling of GUR liquid
      Assessment of a condition of hinges of steering drafts and boots of a case of rack transfer
      Removal and installation of the steering pump
      Replacement of boots of a case of the steering mechanism
      Removal and installation of tips of steering draft
      Removal installation of entrance knot of the steering mechanism
      Removal and installation of the steering mechanism
      Dismantling of the mechanical regulator of a steering column
      Removal and installation of a steering wheel and spiral contact drum of a steering column
      Removal and installation of the cylinder of the lock of ignition
      Removal and installation of the lock of blocking of a steering column
      Removal and installation and shirts of a steering column
   + Suspension bracket geometry
+ Body
+ Onboard electric equipment

Removal and installation and shirts of a steering column

Design of a steering column

25 — Entrance knot of the steering mechanism
25d — Samokontryashchayasya a nut
25f — the Casing
32 — the Steering wheel
36h — the Lock of switchings (AT)
71 — the Shirt
71b — the Lower nuts
80 — Nizhny Novgorod a shaft

80a — the Boot
91a — the Top bolts
A45 — the Spiral contact drum
S4 — the Combined understeering switch
and — the switch electrical wiring Socket
b — the Contact socket
with — the Transponder


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

In total самоконтрящиеся bolts and nuts are subject to replacement without fail!

  1. The design of a steering column is shown on an illustration to which all references which are found in the text belong.
  2. Disconnect a negative wire from the battery.
  3. Remove a steering wheel (32) and a spiral contact drum (A45) (see the Section Removal and installation of a steering wheel and a spiral contact drum of a steering column).
  4. Remove the combined switch (S4) (see the Head Onboard electric equipment).
  5. Remove a combination of devices (see the Head Onboard electric equipment).
  6. Disunite the socket (a) of the adjusting lever.
  7. On models with AT remove from the lock of a steering column the switching lock (36h), - squeeze latches and pull the lock back, removing it from fixing clamps.
  8. Disunite the contact socket (c) and remove the transponder.
  9. Release a clamp and disunite the contact socket (b).
  10. Release clamps of fastening of assembly of the combined understeering switch (S4) and remove the last from a shirt of a steering column (71).
  11. Uncover under the dashboard at the left.
  12. Give the lower nuts (71b) and turn out the top bolts (91a) of fastening of a shirt (71).
  13. Having given up, take off a shirt (71).
  14. Give самоконтрящуюся a nut (25d) of a fixing bolt and separate the lower shaft of a steering column (80a) from entrance knot (25) of rack transfer, - do not use the force, in case of need slightly unclench the lock the screw-driver!
  15. Having given up, remove a steering shaft (80a).
  16. Check a condition of a shaft (80a), in case of need make its replacement.
  17. Replace the damaged boot (80b), - track correctness of landing of a boot.
  18. If the shirt needs replacement, remove the ignition lock cylinder (see the Section Removal and installation of the cylinder of the lock of ignition).
  19. Installation is made upside-down, - track correctness of landing of all components. At first tighten all fixture so that the provision of a shirt could be corrected, then, having achieved the required result, tighten with the required effort at first the top bolts, then the lower nuts. Track reliability of fixing of contact sockets.